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RAF Kai Tak was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Hong Kong, based at Kai Tak Airport. It was opened in 1927 and used for seaplanes. The RAF flight operated a few land based aircraft as well as having spare aircraft for naval units.

RAF Kai Tak
Station badge
  • IATA: HKG
  • ICAO: VHHH/VHKT
Summary
Airport typeMilitary, Defunct
OperatorRoyal Air Force
LocationKowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Elevation AMSL9 m / 28 ft
Coordinates22°19′43″N 114°11′39″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,390 11,122 Asphalt

History


From 1968 to 1978 it was used by various RAF helicopter units, as well as the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force and Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Air Unit. The RAF left Kai Tak and moved most other operations to Sek Kong Airfield.

From 1993 onwards the civilian Government Flying Service replaced the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force at Kai Tak, thus ending the RAF presence at the airport.

The apron and the old NCO Mess areas were used by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force as the Police Driving School premises for a number of years until re-sited.


Non-military users


It was the main airfield in Hong Kong housing other non-military users:


Aircraft


During the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945, Japanese A6M Zero fighters were based at Kai Tak.

A list of British aircraft stationed there:

Aircraft Type Number Dates Notes
Gloster Meteorfighter– 1962
de Havilland Vampirefighter– 1962
de Havilland Venomfighter– 1962
Fairey Flycatcherfighter1927–?
Hawker Horsleybomber31935–1937
de Havilland Tiger Mothtrainer21935–1937
Chance-Vought Corsair (Fleet Air Arm)fighter1950s
Bristol Beaufighterfighter-bomber1950s
de Havilland Hornetfighter1950s
Hawker Hunterfighter1962–1967
Gloster Javelin Mk 9FW Interceptor 1966-1967

Squadrons


1983, a Westland Wessex HC.2 of No. 28 Squadron RAF, normally based at RAF Sek Kong, taking off from Kai Tak during SAREX '83 - a search and rescue exercise.
1983, a Westland Wessex HC.2 of No. 28 Squadron RAF, normally based at RAF Sek Kong, taking off from Kai Tak during "SAREX '83" - a search and rescue exercise.

The Japanese were stationed at Kai Tak during World War II and extended the runway at the base.

A list of RAF units at Kai Tak:[1]


RAF detachments



Kai Tak runway


Kai Tak's first runway was a grass strip and the first tarmac, an east–west runway, was 457 metres long in 1939. A series of extensions were added over the years:


Facilities



Historic buildings


Former Headquarters Building, along Kwun Tong Road.
Former Headquarters Building, along Kwun Tong Road.
Air-raid shelter in the former Officers' Quarters Compound.
Air-raid shelter in the former Officers' Quarters Compound.

Several buildings of the former station remain. Three of them, built in 1934,[4] are Grade I historic buildings: the Headquarters Building, the Officers Mess and an Annex Block.[5]


See also



References



Citations


  1. Air of Authority, RAF Kai Tak
  2. Lake 1999, p. 17.
  3. Kai Tak Airport Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. Items #365, 367, 369 Archived 23 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 27 December 2013)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. "Getting to HKBU - Kai Tak Campus". Hong Kong Baptist University. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  7. 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards Winners

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